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BED FRAME. No. 407,208. Patented July 16, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN G. HOPKINS, OE HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HENRYROBERTS, OE SAME PLACE.

BED-FRAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,208, dated July 16,1889.

Application filed May 15, 1889. Serial No.310,835. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN G. HOPKINS, of Hartford, Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Bed-Frames, of

which the following description and claim constitute the specification,and which is illustrated by the accompanying sheet of drawings.

This invention is a bed-fra1ne,which is particularly adapted to be usedwith a woven- IO wire fabric to support the bedding.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective fragmentary view of one end ofthis bedframe. Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. 3 is a rear view, of oneof the corner-irons of Fig. 1.

' 5 The letters A and B indicate the side pieces, while the letter Oindicates one of the end pieces of a woven-wire mattress-frame, and theletters D and E indicate two tubulariron posts which are united at thetop by the integral reach F.

The letter G indicates one of the cornerirons, and that iron is providedwith the flange ll, which projects outward from its side and is providedwith the recesses I for the reception of the bolts J, and is providedalso with screw-holes for the reception of screws to fasten it to theside piece A and to the end piece C.

The distinguishing characteristic of this 0 invention resides in thefact that the flanges II of the corner-irons project outward from thesides of the corner-irons and at right angles to the direction of theside pieces A and B, and resides also in the fact that the bolts 3 5 J,which unite the cornerirons to the posts, are received in open recessessunk into the flange II instead of passing through holes in that flange,and resides also in the fact that the two posts D and E are united bythe integral reach I so that the distance between them cannot beincreased, and so that, therefore, neither of them can with its bolts Jbe disconnected from the corner-piece Gbywithdrawing those boltssidewise out of the recesses I. If the posts D and E were not 5 unitedby the reach F, the bolts J would have to be united with the flange IIthrough holes instead of open recesses therein, and if the bolts J werepassed through the posts D and E at right angles to the side pieces Aand B and thence through the body of the corneriron G they would have topass through holes in that corner-iron, for if they were placed in openrecesses therein they would soon become disengaged therewith; but bymeans of my peculiar combination of the parts open recesses instead ofholes may be used to receive the bolts J, whereas open recesses will notanswer the purpose in view with any other combination of parts thanmine.

The utility of open recesses as compared with holes in the flange IIresides in the fact that they are more cheaply produced and permit theflanges to be made less projected from the body of the corner-irons thanwould be necessary if they had to project far enough to admit of holesto receive the bolts J and to admit of metal enough around those holesto stand the strain which with any other con2- bination than mine mustcome upon that metal.

I claim as my invention- A bed-frame consisting of the side pieces A andB, the end piece O, the posts D and E united by the reach F, thecorner-pieces G, each of which is provided with a flange I], having theopen recesses I, and the bolts J, passing through the posts parallelwith the side pieces A and B and fixed in these open recesses, allsubstantially as described.

Hartford, Connecticut, May 13, 1889.

BENJAMIN G. HOPKINS.

\Vitnesses:

ALBERT I'I. WALKER, PHEBIE A. PHELPs.

